Henry Kraus
Encyclopedia
Henry Kraus was a labor historian
, and European art historian.
He graduated from the University of Chicago
and Western Reserve University with a master's degree in 1928.
He was an organizer of the Flint Sit-Down Strike
, and edited The Flint Auto Worker.
Sol Dollinger was critical of his account of the strike.
He married Dorothy Kraus, who helped organize the UAW Women's Auxiliary.
He was the first editor of the United Automobile Workers' newspaper, The United Auto Worker.
He moved to Paris, and worked as a European correspondent for World Wide Medical News Service.
His papers are at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, and European art historian.
He graduated from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and Western Reserve University with a master's degree in 1928.
He was an organizer of the Flint Sit-Down Strike
Flint Sit-Down Strike
The 1936–1937 Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the domestic United States automobile industry....
, and edited The Flint Auto Worker.
Sol Dollinger was critical of his account of the strike.
He married Dorothy Kraus, who helped organize the UAW Women's Auxiliary.
He was the first editor of the United Automobile Workers' newspaper, The United Auto Worker.
He moved to Paris, and worked as a European correspondent for World Wide Medical News Service.
His papers are at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Wayne State University
Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
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Works
- Heroes of Unwritten Story, University of Illinois Press, 1994, ISBN 9780252063978
- The Many and the Few, University of Illinois Press, 1947, ISBN 9780252011993
- The Living Theater of Medieval Art, Indiana University Press, 1967 (reprint University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972, ISBN 9780812210569)
- Hidden World of Misericords, Authors Dorothy Kraus, Henry Kraus, Joseph, 1976, ISBN 9780718114855
- Gothic Stalls of Spain, Authors Dorothy Kraus, Henry Kraus, Routledge, 1986, ISBN 9780710202949
- Gold Was the Mortar: The Economics of Cathedral Building. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979, ISBN 9780710087287
External links
- "Kraus", University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project